The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-05-05
Farm and Garden.

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tons oftwine per year on reef binding he
vesters.
| Avoid strong food with your breedin
. sows, as it intiames the blood aud produc,
q feverish condition.
Quiet kicking COW simply by putting
strap in her mouth and buckling it tight
behind Der horns.
, Tree planting for prciit or for adoIn
ment requires care and Discrimination, a
much as raising crops or tlocSs and herds
, For an early beet, tie eclipse is the best
Ii should be grown on old ground to ge
the best results.
/ Roses of all kinds delight in high liyii
aafS sunshine you cannot starye them il
Il to tlsjr best behavior.
The mostsbeautiful white tea rose is TX
Bride It thriyes well ont of dooTs-ss
does It's other self, Ga.hayine Mermg
j (pinkl.
The vine that bears the preitiost fyG ~
Wits heteropbylla. Its berries are liel
wax. and as they ripen we msy often SCI
! upon the same racine green, piaA. are
blue.
/ Carrot seed can be put inta the groa: q
! just as soon as the soil can be worked III
/ fact, the earlier the better. as we must get
the young plants UP before hot weather.
To make q ton Of >cornfedder worth rs
much as the same weight of timothy hay,
add to the cornfodder 600 pounds of grain
| food This will balance the account FIR
value.
a Vermont farmer plants a sunfowef
seed instead Of a pole to each hill of beans.
The sturdy stalk answers for a pole, aud
the seed supply an excellent food gor pot}
try.
Most Of the loss Of young chicks IS caused
by the want Of fine gravel, which is {! e
first thing a chick chooses if it has tie
chance of choice, aud without wilieh /
cannot long survive.
Red streaks, which are sometimes aef q
in potatoes, are described by Pfefcsso
Beal, OF the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege, as a disease which is uos5 prsvH.ent
in the Early Rose variety.
! How to teach chickens to eat sunfiower
seed. Hull a few seed and tllsaw them
down with the unhulled seed and some Of
the chicks will learn to sat them in u few
minutes, and this viii teach The balance.
Sheep may be turned upon bush pastures
! where The brush has been cut off and the
stumps are throwing UP tender shoots
They must not go upon summer pasture
| before the grass has first-rate start.
In preparing the new bed for strawberry
plants, don't forgetto use the subsoilp'ow;
the good condition of the plants during the
hot season next summer will amply Iepfy
you for the trouble of extra work.
Cows, if allowed to Craze in low mes d
ows. must have other feed basides-both
grain and hay, and roots If possible, for
they are likely to scour and get weak. and
the milk gets a faint. Whenever turned
to grass they should have other food.
Any person can prove the hoEesty Of / S
grocerby melting his butter. Pure but
Ter melted produces pure, limpid, god
EN- oil. and 1t retains the butter favor.
Melt oleomargarine, ard the oil smells lie
tallow, and a scum rises to the surface.
Professor Morrow, head agricultural
man at the Illinois (late IldustriaD iii
versity, says that more exercise than tie
average well bred pigs receive, less feed
ing when young, and breeding more gen
orally from mature animals, will tend to
increase the vitality of hogs.
1t costs q little more in The begirni9c o
have labor ard time saving arrangem, ITS
in the poultry houses, but it pays ID tie
long run. If with such eontriYances, one
pair OF hands do tile Nc OF two PAIRS
wit bout them, it is eeonSn:5 % make the
needed outlay.
Horses put to hard work will alpo
surely show puffy spots l!ndsr the hfress,
which will soon make bad gals if negfs cted
Rift tie harness and battle The spots with
cold water when tho teams rest. ard
at evening. Make sure that cellais, espe-
cially, fis well and are smooth and hard.
Cherries are very fine in Russia and arr
grown principally along The highways,
says Leo Wentz, who recently visited that
country. The roadside crop belongs tile
Government. which sells it to The highest
bidder 1t from 800 to 500 per mile, The
money being applied 10 The school ana
pike fund.
According to the statement of paefesstr
Budd, good varieties of pears fruited well
in northeastern Europe, where hemeicu
ry ran down to 55 degrees below zero with
no snow. Cherries are the universal fruit
there, taking the place Of the grape here
They are planted along the highways
streets and between farms. People eat
them in every way, aad make their popu
lar drinks Of them
Unless skim milk is abundant esps ciai
care must be taken to have young pigs
we'll fed With bran and grain aati kf p
gro wing. It will not hurt them il they DO
have milk, buta setback row is had for
them. Ii they can have the range Of the
orchard they will destroy many insects Ia
the larva and pupa states. a little coz
stant extra care will make the differeIee
Of 100 pounds of pork at Christmas
In making new lawn the first point is
the proper preparation OF the soil. ltshould
be thoroughly and deeply titled, with an
abundance Of we'll composted manure
worked into it. And then sow four tosix
bushels Of seed to the acre. In making q
new lawn it is well to lay an edge Of turf
along the paths or roads and along the
margins of the beds that are to be made in
the lawn. If paths OF walks are to be
made, whatever the material. secure a
good foundation by excavating and filing
IN broken stone to make a solid bottom.
This is the month usually preferred fer
transplanting evergreens. The essential
point is to prevent the roots from dying.
From the minute they ars taken from the
soil 10 the time when they go into it again
the roots must not dry. Shelter them fl, m
the sun and air, aud if possible, keeptlem
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